Allison Patterson, a LTC (long-term care) Therapy Practice Resource at Island Health, has been playing Eldercare’s Payday Lottery for Island Health staff since 2007. It took 15 years before she ever won the jackpot. “I thought I would never win,” she says with a chuckle. Her loyalty finally paid off and now luck is on …
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Our publicly subsidized long-term care homes have exceptional staff delivering great care. But a growing number of seniors in long-term care cannot afford everyday items not covered by the healthcare system. Sometimes that can be as simple as a $5 bottle of shampoo. Long-term care costs up to 80% of a senior’s after-tax income and …
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“It was a big confidence booster.” That’s how Sarah Humphrey describes feeling when she received Eldercare’s Dr. Tom Bailey Memorial Bursary upon graduating from the Licensed Practical Nursing (LPN) Program at Camosun College. “The nursing profession can be challenging so to receive the award right off the bat of my nursing career made me think, …